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L. E. PARKER.

WASTE COLLECTOR FOR MATCH MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-19,192L' Patentedfiept. 26, 1922.

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L. E. PARKER.

WASTE COLLECTOR. FOR' MATCH MACHIN ES. APPUCATION FILED AUG.l9, 1921.

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L'. E. PARKER.

WASTE COLLECTOR FOR MATCH MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG- 19, 1921.

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Patented Sept. 26, 1922.

UNITED STATES LUCIAN E. PARKER, OF WADSWORTI-I, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OHIO MATCH team PATENT orries.

COMPANY,

OF WADSWORTH, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WASTE COLLECTOR FOR MATCH MACHINES.

Application filed August 19, 1921. Serial No. 493,722.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUOIAN E. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wadsworth, in the county of Medina and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Waste Collectors for Match Machines, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to machines for boxing matches, and the object of the invention is to provide mechanism for collecting those matches which fail to fall into or to be properly delivered to the boxes, these loose matches being' commonly referred to as waste, and the machine itself being herein referred to as a waste collector.

In the preferred construction, the waste collector of this inventionwill be attached to and form a part of that type of match machines commonly known as filling and sliding machines, that is to say, machines for fillin the trays with matches and then sliding t ese trays into shucks or covers, and it is here so shown, but it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the use of the mechanism as an attachment to such machines.

The invention consists of mechanism for collecting the stray or scattered matches, that is to say the Waste matches, as they fall through any of the openings which are provided in the regular match troughs, and deliver such matchesto a box or tray which has passed the first filling station but not reached the second filling station, the stray or scattered matches falling from the match trough onto a tray with a' sloping bottom, in which tray they are straightened and from which they are delivered to an endless conveyer composed of a series of troughlike links, which conveyer discharges the matches into the boxes, as I will proceed now to explain and finally claim.-

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of of the links of the endless conveyer, shown on a larger scale. Fig. 6 is an elevation of a detail of the actuating mechanism, also on a larger scale. The attachment comprises a tray 1, having a sloping bottom, and hung by arms 2 from the shaking trough 3 of the match machine and partaking of the shaking or vlbrating motion of said trough. This tray has a neck 4 which leads over the hereinafter mentioned conveyer. The loose or stray or scattered matches escape from the trough 3 into the tray and thence roll down the sloping bottom into the neck of the tray, whence they are delivered lengthwise to the conveyer. Holes 5 are provided at intervals in the tray through which broken sticks and matches escape, and whence they may be gathered and destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

The conveyer is composed of a series of trough-like links 6, shown in detail in Figs. 4 and 5, which are connected in the form of an endless chain, and mounted upon pulleys 7 and 8, and these pulleys are mounted in turn in a frame 9 which may be attached to an appropriate part of the frame of the match machine, substantially as shown.

The conveyer links here shown and preferred are, as stated, of trough-like cross section, open at their ends, and having a hinge knuckle 10, on one side and a pair of hinge knuckles 11 on the opposite side, so that when assembled the single knuckle 10 of the one link will enter between the pair of knuckles 11 of the next adjacent link and then connected by a pintle 12. One side of the link is higher than the other and provided with a lip 13 which when the links abut overlap the adjacent side of the link next in advance to prevent splinters, dirt, and dust from working'down in be -tween the links and jamming or clogging tray, and the links are exposed at this point,

whereas they may be enclosed by the walls 14, extending up over the discharging end.

this discharging end opening over a trough 8" in which the match boxes are placed, and in which they are filled. The conveyer has a step-by-step movement, by which it is moved one link at a time, and this motion may be imparted by a rock-lever, 15 pivoted at 16 to a bracket 17 fastened to the frame of the match machine, and said lever is actuated or rocked by a cam is suitably connected with the main shaft 19, and this lever is maintained in operative position by means of a spring or springs 20 connected with some stationary part of the machine. The lever 15 is connected by a link 21 with a rocker-arm 22 mounted on the shaft 23, on which theupper pulley of the endless conveyer is mounted, and this rockerarm has a pawl 24: at its opposite end which engages a ratchet 25 fast on said shaft 23.

Thus it will be seen that by the rocking of the lever 15 the conveyer is moved a distance of one link at a time, and this advancing of the conveyer is effected at time when the filling and sliding machine is at rest.

It will be understood that the stray or scattered matches thus collected in the tray will be delivered to the trough-like links of the conveyer and by these links carried to and discharged into the boxes.

If necessary or desired, a stationary trough-like collecting member of sheet metal, designated 26, may be arranged next to the neck of the tray and over the conveyer, and this collecting member serves as an intermediate landing place for the matches as they fall from the tray. This collecting member is fixed to the walls 1 1 and does not vibrate. Matches falling on the collecting member from the tray 1 lose the vibration imparted to them by said tray, and they roll off themselves or are pushed off from the collecting member to the links 6 by the matchesfollowing. The place on the collecting member where the matches fall from the tray 1 is only wide enough for a very, few matches at a time, and when a few have collected, they or a part of them at least, fall to the links 6. It has been found that this stationary intermediate collecting member serves to deliver the matches to the conveyer in a more orderly and satisfactory manner than if they were discharged directly from the tray to the conveyer.

Variations in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts are considered to be within the principle of the invention as herein explained and claimed.

What I claim is 1. A tray having a sloping bottom and adapted to be attached to and move with the feeding trough of a match box filling machine, to collect, straighten and clear away waste or stray matches, and means in communication with said tray to discharge such matches into match boxes.

2. A tray having a sloping bottom and adapted to be attached to and move with the feeding trough of a match box filling machine, -to collect, straighten and clear away waste or stray matches, combined with an endless conveyer for receiving such matches from the tray and discharging them into boxes.

3. A tray having a sloping bottom and adapted to be attached to and move with the feeding trough of a match box filling machine, to collect waste or stray matches, combined with an endless conveyer composed of connected trough-like links onto which the matches collected by the tray are delivered and whence they are discharged into boxes. I

4. A tray having a sloping bottom and adapted to be attached to and move with the feeding trough of a match box filling machine, to collect waste or stray matches, combined with an endless conveyer and a collecting member interposed between the tray and the conveyer for receiving the matches from the tray and delivering them tothe conveyor.

5. An attachment for match filling and sliding machines, comprising a tray adapted to be attached to and move with the match trough of the filling and sliding machine and to receive the waste or scattered matches therefrom, and an endless conveyer adapted to receive the matches from the tray and straighten them and then deliver them to the boxes.

6. An attachment for match filling and sliding machines, comprising a tray adapted to be attached to and move with the match trough of the filling and sliding machine and to receive the waste or scattered matches therefrom, and an endless conveyer composed of a series of connected trough-like links adapted to receive the matches from the tray and straighten them and then deliver them to the boxes, and means to move the conveyer link-by-link as the filling and sliding machine is at rest.

7. A tray having a sloping bottom and adapted to be attached to and move with the feeding trough of a match box filling machine, to collect waste or stray matches, combined with an endless conveyer composed of connected trough-like links onto which the matches collected by the tray are delivered and whence they are discharged into boxes, and means to impart a stey-by-step motion to such conveyer so as to advance it one link at a time.

8. A tray having a sloping bottom and adapted to be attached to and move with the feeding trough of a match box filling machine, to collect waste or stray matches, combined with an endless conveyer composed of connected troughlike links onto which the matches collected by the tray are delivered and whence they are discharged into boxes,

a rock-lever and a pawl and ratchet mechanism operated by the rock-lever and connected With the mount of the endless conveyer to advance said conveyer link by link.

9. A tray having a sloping bottom and adapted to be attached to and move with the feeding trough of a match box filling ma chine, to collect Waste or stray matches, combined With an endless conveyer for receiving such matches from the tray and discharging them into boxes, said conveyer comprising a series of trough-like links pivotally connected and provided With means for excluding foreign matter from falling in between the links, and means to advance said conveyer link by link.

10. A tray having a sloping bottom and adapted to be attached to and move With the feeding trough of a match box filling maing edges which overlap the adjacent sides of the links next in advance to exclude splinters, dirt and other foreign matter from Working down in between the links and means to advance said conveyer link by link.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of August A. D. 1921.

LUCIAN E. PARKER.

Witnesses:

J. A. CRUMRINE, C. B. C'HAPIN. 

